The sun., 1887-03-27
THE MARQUISOF SALISBURY.
AN UNCOMPROMXs1Ne TORY 1xRsE
THEN A 6HREKD POLITICIAN ~

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An UNCOMPROMHs1He TORY 11RsE
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Issccidstee. . .'-
LONDON, March 26.--In his introduction TO
1.-THE Variation OF Animals and Plants Under
Domestication." Darwin remarks that to ex.
hume with ones own hands tho bones Of ex.
tinct and gigantic animals brings the whole
question Of the succession OF species vividly
before ones mind. Then he tells how he found
In a remote region great pieces OF animal
armor. like that covering the pigmy armadillo.
but on a magnificent scale, and great teeth like
those OF the living sloth 30 the historian OF
British politics. looking over the armadIllos
and sloths Of Toryism to-day will find in the
Marquis Of Salisbury evidence that Toryism is
still capable OF making gigantic bodies and
growing enormous teeth I. - ~.
Yet the Marquis Of Salisbury is not witness
for'the evolutionists, They may, indeed, call
Pool and Beaconsfleld and that tusus natur1.
Randolph Churchill. to prove that the Tory
species, like pouter pigeons. will change con-
siderably under conditions favorable to varia-
tion. But the Marquis Of Salisbury is proof Of
the fxity Of species In Toryism. The influ-
ences which made Peel shufle. which induced
Disraeli to steal the clothes OF the Wings while
they were bathing, and which have made Lord
Randolph disport himself like frog on this
green Of politics-to wit. anxiety for ofice-has
never touched Lord Salisbury. Enjoying from
his birth all the advantages Of Toryism, he has
remained pure type. II. In supporting the
IEish Church disestablishment. he may be said
to have been under brief modification, his SUBJ
sequent conduct only confirms the hypothesis
OF flxity Of species In him. He at once opposed
any disturbance Of the Church established in
England and Scotland. although every argu-
ment effective against the Irish Church was
quite as sound against the others.
Lord Salisbury Is Toryism incornate. He Is
moreover an admirable specimen Of it, Strong
by nature, physical and intellectual domineer-
ing and pompous. he has never condescended
to the afleotations Of politics. He has always
openly avowed his opinions. He has always
held opinions purely Tory except in the one
instance mentioned: and he has never apol-
ogized for them or sought to save his party or
himself by compromising them. Tho best
speech he ever made was that denouncine Dis
raeli'for tho vice Salisbury ia lcast capable of
practisinR-the vice Of being Tory in name
OuS uVt IA piAuClpl0 oI .EUACJs 1hd Whb A<OTU
Cranborne then, and: In the lower house.
Lord Derby had made him Secretary Of
State for India. When the Tories, af.
ter fighting suffrage reduction and reform
for many years, brought in bill moro radical
than Gladstones, Salisbury resigned his post
rather than support 1t, and boldly declared that
it would ultimately lead to household suffrage.
to advocate which. he affirmed. would be sui.
eide for the Conservatives. He was right In his
prophecy and consistent in his position. He de.
nounced the incoming of tho people iato 20.
litical power with tho honesty Of . true Tory.
With power of denunciation which up to that
time Disrasli had almost exclusively pos
sessed, he denounced his whilom colleague In
scribiug him as master Of douts and eibes
and snAerA ,.,...-,s. ,..s
Salisbury went back into ofice with Lord
Beaconsheld ON the distinct understandings
that they were both Tories and that theirp
10y should be conservative. Whenever the
dextrous Prime Minister departed from this
understanding his colleague did not scruple to
denounce MIN with as much alacrity and In.
difference as he called his own kinsman. the
Earl OF derby. Titus Oates. for similar tn6delity
to traditions He has said on more than one
occasion that the most dangerous thing in poll
itioians is their Willingness to assume in crtti-
caA tImoo on puouo Quostlohs 6tItuoeo oU-
posed to their private convictions. OF
this offence he has never been guilty.
Nor had his idea OF Cabinet rela-
uons or personal confidence anything
opposed TO this. Disraeli at least by innuendo.
charged him with lampooning his chief In pub
lie prints while holding seat at the Cabinet
table; and this was recalled oy salisburys pa
thetic tribute to what ne DESIGNATED the reso.
lutte loyalty OF hlr Michaei Hicks Beach to
those with whom he was associated. One OF the
Irish members spoke OF this as flower for
Sir Michael and club for Lord Randolph:
and forthwith We md beaconshelds innuendo
at Salisbury revived In print friendly to tho
young armadillo.
1t Is usual with political critics to charge
Lord Salisbury with talking daggers ana care-
fuhy keeping them In the sheath. There isno
real foundation for this charge. He is q man
capable OF carrying any policy out, and going
readily to the country when he loses majority